Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert

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Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert: Cotswolds Festivals (3/4)

Cotswolds Festivals (3/4)

BBC Radio 3 - Radio 3 Lunchtime Concert, Cotswolds Festivals (3/4)

Sarah Walker presents music performed by the Wigmore Soloists.

Sarah Walker presents highlights from music festivals in the Cotswolds, including a performance of Schubert’s Octet.

Sarah Walker presents a selection of highlights from the 2023 Chipping Campden and Tetbury Festivals. In today’s recital, we are treated to a full performance of Schubert’s irresistible Octet, one of the most popular chamber works of the 19th century, full of kaleidoscopic colours, rhythmic energy and Schubert’s trademark melodic mastery.

Schubert: Octet in F, D803  
Wigmore Soloists
Alexander Sitkovetsky, violin  
Annabelle Meare, violin  
Rachel Roberts, viola  
Kristina Blauman, cello  
Tim Gibbs, double bass  
Michael Collins, clarinet  
Robin O’Neill, bassoon  
Laurence Davies, horn


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